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G. D. DUDLEY.

WIRE STAND? N o.Z61,541.

Patented July 25, 1882. l

INVENTEIR.

WITNESSES.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. DUDLEY, OE LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T wOODs,

SHERWOOD & 00., or SAME PLACE.

WIRE STAND.

SPEGIFICATION fOrming part of Letters Patent No. 261,541, dated July 25,1882 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEO. D. DUDLEY, of the city of Lowell, county ofMiddlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulWire Stand, of which the following is a specification. v

Myinvention relates to wire stands designed to support ornamental cardsor other objects; and its object is to provide a wire stand which shallhave its parts so connected and joined together that there shall be nocompound twist, clinch, or clasp needed or used to connect the partstogether. I accomplish this object by the construction shown in theaccompanying drawing, in which the figure represents a per spectiveview.

A is the stand or easel, composed of the side bars, a, supported uponthe feet I), and kept upright by the rear support, 0.

d is the cross-bar connecting the side bars. He'retofore the. cross barhas been twisted around the side bars or clamped around them to unitethese parts, and the hooks f were formed of the ends of such bar, leftconveniently long for such purpose. In either of these cases the placeof juncture has such increased dimensions as to present an undesirableappearance, but which it was impossible to avoid with such method ofconnecting the parts. I overcome this objection by forming the hooksApplication filed May 27, 1882. (No model.)

f of a strand or strands of the wire forming the side bars, a, which Iseparate from the other at the point ot'interception of the crossbar,the end of which is made to supply the place of the strand or strandsseparated from the side bar to form the hook. The feet I) are formed ofthe remaining portion of the side bar not used for the hook twisted withthe ends of the cross-bar, so that the side and cross-bar are firmlyjoined together without any clamp, compound twist, or knot, and withoutforming any irregularity in the twist or size at any point, so that thestructure is more ornamental'than any heretofore made,

While equally substantial, and no part of either support of greaterdimensions than the remainder thereof, as has heretofore invariably beenthe case with wire stands constructed of twisted wires.

What I claim as new and of my invention 1s-- A wire stand having hooksformed of a strand or strands of the side bars, a, and legs or feet 1),formed of the remaining strand or strands of the bar, together with thewire or wires form- 5 ing the cross-bar d,substantially as described.

- GEO. D. DUDLEY. Witnesses:

LEPINE 0. RICE,

FEED. H. WHITNEY.

